ROCKING THE CRADDLE
SONGS IN ENGLISH & GAELIC
SEAMUS ENNIS
Folktracks Cassettes, 1982, FSA-45-169
S. Ennis (1919-1982) was one of the greatest pipers in Ireland. He could also sing in English and Irish and play the fiddle, the flute and the war pipes. He was also known for his works as a collector of songs, tunes and tales all over Ireland in the forties and fifties for the Irish Folkore Commission and later for Radio Eireann.
Some of the songs he performs on this tape are delivered with short stories or explanations about them. There are 10 songs in English and 9 in Gaelic.
Unfortunately the production is rather poor as the cover shows : a simple piece of paper perhaps due to a lack of funding.
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